"Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
Mon May 19, 2008 7:59pm EDT

By Iain Blair

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor George Takei, best known for playing Mr.
Sulu on "Star Trek," says he plans to wed his longtime partner now that
the California Supreme Court has overturned a state ban on gay marriage.

Takei, 71, told Reuters on Monday that he and Brad Altman, his
54-year-old business manager, are going through the "delicious process"
of planning their nuptials.

"There's no tradition in terms of same-sex marriage. We are designing
and shaping our own wedding in our own way, so it's going to be singular
and unique," added Takei, who first made his wedding plans known on his
website during the weekend.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has also announced plans to marry her
girlfriend, actress Portia de Rossi. Both celebrities, like gay and
lesbian couples across the state, said they were moved by last
Thursday's California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

"As an American, I was delighted that we're getting closer and closer to
more truly being faithful to the Constitution," said Takei.

Referring there to his boyhood experience as one of thousands of
Japanese-Americans sent to U.S. internment camps during World War II,
Takei said he was "keenly mindful of the subtle and not so subtle
discrimination that the law can impose."

Takei said he and Altman have been together 21 years, since meeting at a
gay men's running club in Los Angeles, where Altman trained the actor
for his first marathon.

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